O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 43-34-314 (2019)

License required for practice; misrepresentation of status

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.
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(a) On and after January 1, 2020, a person shall not engage in the practice of genetic counseling in this state without a valid license issued by the board pursuant to this article.

(b) A person shall not hold himself or herself out as a genetic counselor unless he or she holds a license issued by the board in accordance with this article. A person not licensed by the board pursuant to this article shall not use in connection with his or her name or place of business the terms ‘‘genetic counselor,’’ ‘‘licensed genetic counselor,’’ ‘‘gene counselor,’’ ‘‘genetic consultant,’’ ‘‘genetic associate,’’ or any words, letters, abbreviations, or insignia indicating or implying the person holds a genetic counseling license.

History

Code 1981, § 43-34-314, enacted by Ga. L. 2019, p. 687, § 2/HB 166.

Annotations

Code Commission notes. - Pursuant

to Code Section 28-9-5, this Code section, enacted as Code Section 43-34-304, was redesignated as Code Section 43-34-314.